VL The Martha Mitchell Effect Netflix This archival footage documentary tells the remarkable story of an unlauded heroine of the Watergate scandal.
Gay dad Justin (Jordan Gavaris) makes plans to reconnect with his teenage daughter Billie (Madison Shamoun), who he gave up for adoption, but his plans to make up for lost time at the family cottage go awry when he discovers his parents left it to his “perfect” step-sister, Maisy-May (Julia Stiles on fine form). The Lake Amazon Prime Video There’s nothing subtle about this Canadian sibling-rival comedy but it’s no less funny for that. Even though we know by now that the mission was a resounding success, hearts will be in mouths as we watch the rover inching towards its final destination. He explains some of the extraordinary science of Perseverance, including how it can test rock samples in situ so that scientists can gather vital hoards of data about the Red Planet, to be transmitted back to Earth. Cox joined the team who guide the rover and the Ingenuity helicopter (the first extra-terrestrial aircraft) and we see some of the problems the team encountered (including a malfunctioning drill bit and a highly worrying bug in the communications software). Cox was present for the crucial week when the machine was sent to the Jezero Crater which, 3.8 billion years ago, was a lake. JPL – where an entry sign reads “Dare Mighty Things” – is the mission control centre for the Perseverance Rover programme, Nasa’s search for life on Mars, 200 million miles away. He’s also puppyishly enthusiastic – a quality that rises to the fore in this documentary, as he realises a boyhood dream to visit Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena.
Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars BBC Two, 9pm Professor Brian Cox has the gift of being able to explain even the most complex science to those of us without a PhD in particle physics.
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